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Mandabi = The money order /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DVD 36805 | New Yorker VideoLanguage: Wolof Original language: Wolof Subtitle language: English Publisher: New York, NY : New Yorker Video, [2005]Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1567304095
  • 9781567304091
Other title:
  • Money order
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .M34 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
A money order -- A big meal -- I am penniless -- Do you have rice? -- Post office -- Dear uncle... -- Identity card -- The fellow is broke -- I am me -- People like us -- Your date of birth -- The world is going nuts! -- My only hope -- What a misfortune -- It's a deal -- A decent woman -- Pictures -- I'll pay you -- I want my money -- Take it or leave it -- Shame on you -- Get lost -- They killed him -- Dignity -- Come see me -- Victim of a pickpocket -- A thief and a liar -- End credits.
Production credits:
  • Photography, Paul Soulignac ; editors, Gilou Kikoïne, Max Saldinger ; music, Samba Jabare Samb.
Cast: Makuredia Guey, Yunus Ndiay, Isseu Niang, Mustafa Ture, Farba Sar.Summary: "This story of a man who receives a money order and, in his attempts to cash it, encounters an intimidating barrage of Third World bureaucracy, becomes a witty, masterful portrait of an ancient civilization in the throes of change. Receiving the dubious windfall at first seems a blessing to Ibrahima Dieng, who lives with his two wives and their seven children. However, as the tale unfolds, the seemingly easy transaction threatens to destroy the traditional fabric of his life. Quickly, the whole neighborhood becomes aware of it, the wives buy provisions on credit, their parents ask for a share and people try to extort him for money - all the while, his attempts to cash the piece of paper turn futile. Mandabi is a warm, subtle comedy with a series of visual revelations about a civilization struggling to recapture its own rich heritage after a century of colonial corruption." -- Back of container.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02087 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050182612

Based on the novel by Ousmane Sembene.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.

Special features: trailers.

A money order -- A big meal -- I am penniless -- Do you have rice? -- Post office -- Dear uncle... -- Identity card -- The fellow is broke -- I am me -- People like us -- Your date of birth -- The world is going nuts! -- My only hope -- What a misfortune -- It's a deal -- A decent woman -- Pictures -- I'll pay you -- I want my money -- Take it or leave it -- Shame on you -- Get lost -- They killed him -- Dignity -- Come see me -- Victim of a pickpocket -- A thief and a liar -- End credits.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC.

In Wolof with English subtitles.

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